This essay will be a reflective account of an incident from practice based on Gibbs’ Reflective cycle; I will critically analyse the nature of the incident based on the best available evidence. This reflection will help to identify new skills and knowledge learnt as a result of the incident and the implications for my future nursing practice. Although I am aware many reflective models exist, I have chosen to use Gibbs’s reflective framework as it is a cycle and encourages me to think about what
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in life as possible. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. (Breast Cancer Research Foundation Women are not the only ones affected by breast cancer; males are also affected as well. Male breast cancer is very rare. Less than one percent of all breast cancer cases develop in men, and only 1 in 1,000 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Men chances are less risky than woman when compared against each other. (National Breast Cancer Foundation INC.) Self-examinations
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Women with Breast Cancer According to singer and songwriter Sheryl Crow, “People go through challenging moments of losing people and of having their life threatened from illness and real grief. But they get through it. And that’s the testament to the human spirit and it’s – we are fragile, but we also are divine.” The love and support from the people around them can build the women up and give them the strength that they need. When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer she may start to lose
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targeted which is breast cancer and who are the patients that are most at risks and what the changes that need to be done in healthcare that will help patients that are diagnosed with breast cancer. The paper will also discuss the general impact that changing demographics may have on the health care market as well as why and how changes in the demographics of the breast cancer population affect healthcare. The paper will discuss two key health care related challenges to the breast cancer population such
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Physicians Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA; Vincenza Snow, MD; Katherine Sherif, MD; Mark Aronson, MD; Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH; and Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS, for the Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians* Breast cancer is one of the most common causes of death for women in their 40s in the United States. Individualized risk assessment plays an important role when making decisions about screening mammography, especially for women 49 years of age or younger. The
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Cancer is a group of 200 or more diseases of controlled cell growth. The treatment of cancer can be very difficult process. Breast Cancer is most prevalent form of cancer among women and second leading cause of death. From a clinical standpoint radiation chemotherapy not only made strides in preventing the reoccurrence in cancer but also has some side effects that needed to be treated in order for a women to return to a healthy lifestyle. For example chemotherapy cause substantial weight loss, diaria
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Alternative therapies for cancer treatment HCS/436 April 29, 2014 Maria Libano Alternative Therapies for Cancer Treatment Treatment for terminal illness nowadays in most advance nation, in the domain of medicine, is not limited to single absolute regimen or perhaps, couple of so called convectional fashion of tackling a terminal disease such as any for cancer. There have been some successful testimonies from patient who adopted alternative means to treat cancer or complimentary methods
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Evaluating the Research Process HCS/465 September 10, 2012 Introduction This paper is a descriptive review of the literature on breast cancer outcomes: 1990 through 2000. The research was done on fewer than 100 subjects in the United States and Western Europe. The results of this research also includes past projects of 1089 articles of which 230 were included. No single item was used to come to the conclusion of this article. A while ranges of research methodologies
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involved in the care of breast cancer patients. The team may consist of an oncologist, radiologist, surgeon specialist cancer nurse specialists, pathologists, radiologists, radiographers and reconstructive surgeon. Sometimes the team may also include occupational therapists, psychologists, nutritionists, and physical therapists. The team will consider several factors when deciding the best treatment for the patient, such as: Type of breast cancer Stage and stage of breast cancer - how big the tumor,
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Kendrick Williams Prof. Karlene Jackson Thompson COS 50-008 December 2, 2013 Final Draft “The Idea of Abortion Being Immoral and Unethical” Why is abortion immoral and unethical, and how does it affect society? This is one question that anti-abortionists would consider answering. The viewpoint about abortion has been negative and positive, but it has been demonstrated as an action that is commonly known as being immoral and unethical and it
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